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Delta and United make plays for premium passengers
Delta Air Lines recently began testing a program that greets its corporate clients by name when they check in at an airport kiosk or use the Delta mobile app. And last week, United Airlines introduced its first planes with revamped cabins for...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Inc.
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Boeing says planned 787 Dreamliner battery fixes rid fire risk
Boeing Co. said its planned fixes for the issues with its lithium-ion battery systems on the 787 Dreamliner passenger jet removes any related risk of a fire breaking out. Ā Speaking to reporters from Tokyo, Boeing officials addressed concerns about...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Japan, Air Transportation Industry, Boeing Co.
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New airline fees just keep coming
If you think air carriers have run out of ideas for new fees to charge passengers, think again. Among the fees airlines have announced in the past few weeks are a charge to zip through airport screening gates and board early, a fee to watch streaming...
Tags: Air Transportation, Southwest Airlines Co., Air Transportation Industry, Travel, Transportation
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SpaceX set to launch supply rocket to space station on Friday
Hawthorne-based rocket maker SpaceX is targeting Friday as the launch date for the next NASA cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station. The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., performed a successful resupply...
Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Satellite Technology, Space Programs, Cape Canaveral
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Airlines report combined profit of $152 million in 2012
The nation's 10 largest airlines earned a combined $152 million in profits in 2012, according to a report released Thursday by an airline trade group. If that sounds rather meager, that's because it is. It represents 21 cents of profit for every...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Air Transportation Industry, Boeing Co.
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Supervisors order review of efforts to stem new flights at LAX
L.A. NOWThe Board of Supervisors asked county officials to determine whether Los Angeles airport officials have complied with a 2006 court settlement that required them to disperse the growth in flights at busy LAX to other airports in the region.... -
Beer bars in Southern California feud about common name
Imitation may be flattering, but not to Clay Harding, owner of a popular craft beer bar and restaurant in Alhambra called 38 Degrees Ale House & Grill. Harding recently learned that a new pub had opened in Carlsbad with the 38 Degrees name -- and he's...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure
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On the Spot: Dealing with a lost passport? What you should know.
This post has a correction. See below for details.Question: My girlfriend lost her passport on March 17 on a United Airlines flight. Someone in United's customer service team called on April 10 and left me a voicemail saying they had it. I accidentally deleted the voicemail. Since then she has called...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Consumers, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Politics
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United Airlines pulls Boeing 787 out of service until June 5
With the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration, United Airlines said it is keeping the beleaguered aircraft off its flight schedule through JuneĀ 5. “We are taking the 787 out of our schedule through June 5,...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Japan, Air Transportation Delays, Air Transportation Industry
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On the Spot: Why seating on flights is up in the air
Question: Can an airline bump passengers from previously purchased, extra-legroom seats? Last summer we checked in online for a United Airlines Boston-to-San Francisco flight and learned that we had been bumped back to regular coach from our previously...
Tags: Air Transportation, Air Transportation Delays, Trips and Vacations, Air Transportation Industry, James Joyce
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Japan traces Boeing 787 problem to improper wiring, report says
Japan’s investigation into a burning lithium-ion battery aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight found it was improperly wired, according to an Associated Press report. The country’s Transport Safety Board had been looking into the...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Japan, Air Transportation Industry, Boeing Co.
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United Airlines fined $130,000 over delayed flight
Federal officials fined United Airlines $130,000 for failing to notify passengers that they could exit a plane that was delayed in Chicago for nearly five hours. The fine is the result of federal regulations that require airlines to give passengers on...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, O'Hare International Airport, Air Transportation Delays, Fines
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